Fahad Rashed Al-Mutairi

The Minimalist Program

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Produktbeschreibung

An evaluation of Chomsky's work from the perspectives of linguistics, evolution of language, history of physics, and philosophy of mind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9781107041349
• ISBN-10: 1107041341
• Artikelnr.: 41129625

Autorenporträt

Fahad Rashed Al-Mutairi is a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Essex. His academic interests are broad and include syntactic theory, the evolution of language, and the philosophy of science and mind.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The minimalist program
3. The strong minimalist thesis (SMT)
4. The SMT in an evolutionary context
5. The SMT as an explanatory thesis
6. Optimal computation and multiple realisation
7. Conclusion.